Flying Nun Records Music News

On Saturday April 20th, we celebrate Record Store Day 2024 at our stores in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland, Te Whanganui-A-Tara/Wellington and a brand new upcoming location in Ōtautahi/Christchurch....read on. 

It has just been announced that the recipient of this year's IMNZ Classic Record award is Look Blue Go Purple's 1991 album Compilation which will be awarded at this year's Taite Music Prize in April.

"DARTZ will never give up their singular shared goal of writing multiple songs worthy of landing on New Zealand’s next two-CD Nature’s Best Compilation - ditties that will be sung on acoustic guitars at shed parties for centuries to come."

Rising New Zealand punks DARTZ share their new single, ‘Paradise,’ ahead of their new album, Dangerous Day To Be A Cold One, which is out Friday, 1 March, via Flying Nun Records.The infectious track comes with an Oscar Keys-directed video, showcasing the band rolling up their sleeves to tackle the real estate market in the form of Aotearoa’s newest sleazy property sales team, ‘Paradise Realty’.According to DARTZ vocalist Danz, with 'Paradise', the band was inspired to make a summer anthem that reflected on the differences between groups of beachgoers: “we were driving through Mt Maunganui one day before a show, and out of nowhere Rollyz just said out...